The top 10 Tampa music stories of 2012, No. 3: Surprise! The RNC actually rocks

(It’s the end of the year, and just as we did in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Soundcheck is counting down the year’s top local music stories as determined by your humble Soundcheck editor. We’ll be counting down two each day through New Year’s Eve.)

When it was announced in 2010 that Tampa would host the 2012 Republican National Convention, we wondered: Which big-name acts would show up for private parties and/or protest concerts?